{into nature}

{into nature} is a weekly Monday post inspiring the exploration of nature. It is a grassroots effort to combat the nature deficit disorder in our current generations. Please join me in this movement back into nature by sharing your own nature inspiration, whether shared through photographs, words, poetry…. leave a link here in the day's comments for all to enjoy.


“For children, nature comes in many forms. A newborn calf; a pet that lives and dies; a worn path through the woods; a fort nested in stinging nettles; a damp, mysterious edge of a vacant lot- whatever shape nature takes, it offers each child an older, larger world… nature does not steal time; it amplifies it.” -Richard Louv

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last week i had to head across the state to mark out a site for the dayjob.  it just so happened to be a few minutes down the road from the UCONN animal barns so i decided to bring the boys along to the jobsite and then head over to see the animals.  it is a really awesome place, a full-scale working livestock farm that the public can explore, including beef and milk cows, sheep, and horses.  we went just in time for feeding time and got to meet a bunch of baby cows as well. 

one happy boy, perhaps a future UCONN Agriculture student?

checking out the baby cow quarters

woodchuck in the grassland